A new young adult novel called Blood at the Root follows a Black teen learning to harness his ancestral magic. Before it was a novel, it was a failed TV pilot. Before that, it was a tweet.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Tracie McMillan, whose journalistic memoir — The White Bonus — examines the cash value of institutional racism in the United States.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island. His main character opens her front door to a stranger who accuses her husband of having an affair with his wife.
The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."
Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger says research suggests that plants are indeed "intelligent" in complex ways that challenge our understanding of agency and consciousness. Her book is The Light Eaters.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist and novelist David Ignatius, whose latest novel is a thriller about an invisible enemy that could disrupt the satellite signals central to our daily lives.